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Cs.~~~~~~~~- JOE,Pb.adPoricr 4 a iyPpeDvtd oLtrt-e es: IVOLA. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - mm i R F? S.C ,W II,- =SA. oJPDE VERALO AND NEWS.PUBLISHEDFEVERY WEDNESDAY ATNewberry. S. C.4mm.-Oue year, $2; six mont-,-O rmonths, 50 cents; twomonticents; one month, 20 cents; sinp5eents, payable in advance.-z._;ZphvAons.-Look at the printSen the paper; the date there,wa when the subscription expirthe money for renewal at lefne week In advance.Subscribers desiring the addresspaper chauged must give both tand the new address._',imu op ADvmTISrNG.-$1.00 pgijere the first insertion, and 50 ets. pfor each subsequent insertioA square is the space of nine linbrevier type.Notices in local column 12jc. per ieach insertion for one month, longi.,1neh rates, with 25 per cent added.kreasonable reduction made for iiments by the three, six, or twelnths.THE FIRST STEP.- ZPEOPOSED NEW RAILROAD--COMIA,NEWBERRY AND LAURENs..The first step in everything, if wemeans a great deal in the al,enplishment of a purpose. Thisscnliarly the case with a railrosrise dependent upon commtubscriptions. We must moinake things move. The Colurb Newberry and Laurens Railwadsa -very liberal charter. T1is allowed to organize wil,'z.OOObonafjde subscriptions.. Tipeople immediately at interest, viRichland, the three Fork TowiNewberry and Laurens, sit 100,000, and if among theithey cannot raise this small sum,might as well be accepted ai, once fa lost charter. But it is too valuab]property not to attract attentioiFor the present P90,000 wil! keep oEhundred convits at work for tbear,with $2,000 to spare. At sixt-cents per day for hire ar d food, Wsee an expenditure of $18,000 for tberee hundred days. TMs hundreconvicts, well used, should grade tbthirty-eight miles air line from herNewberry within the year. Thceossties, at 4,300 to the mile, put obed, at30 cents to the tie woulcost $1,290 per mile. Forty tosteel -ail would call for 70.4 tons tthe mile, which at $35 per ton laid othe road shows $2,464 per mile. Thishows $3,654 per mile for rail anties. With convicts the grading cabe done quite possibly for $750 pEmile, and by allowing $150 per milfor such slight struictures as the roarequires, we see per mile :Grading and construction. . . .$ 90Crossties.................1,29Rail........ .... .... .....2,46Total........ .... .....,6This shows a total cost to Neyberry of $276,852, and with $30),00for bridge across the Broad we sesome $206,85.2.* There is no reason why an inch <Kroad should be lost from here tNewberry. Western builders azwilling to pay $35,000 for every milsaved. This is the.standing order tengineers. Should we allow but hathis sum for our roads it would pathe road to expend $140,000 extra Isave eight miles of road from here 1Newb3rry.We see it stated that the preserNewberry and Laurens road can Iincorporated with the new line. TIold road straightened can be reduceto twenty-eight miles in lengtlThis work, and relaying the rorwith forty pound steel rails shucost some $80,000.The next step should be to get tiGreenville and Laurens road sL'scribed to the system, securing to ttCentral system the same rates ataccommodation at Laurens as tinew system would enjoy. Then fro:Greenville to the North Carolina linvia Pickenis Court House, for Franilin, N. C., we would have some thirt;eight miles of road, with a costiround numbers of $300,000. Wwould thus find a road to border 1i1of some 140 miles, with an expendture of $600,000 in round numbersiaddition to subscription value of titwo links incorporated into new linFrom here to North Carolina tifive counties and three Lexingt'townships immediately at interecontain not less than 150,000 inhmitants and $25,000,000 of assessivalues. A subscription of 21 plcent. would give $625,000. The ditance from the North Carolina litto Franklin by an available routetwety-five miles. This link ataverage cost of $15,000 per miwould call for $375,000. Some:per cent. on $25,000,000 of assessivalues would amount to this $375,0(-exactly. The route can thus be ceried to Franklin, N. C., at a cost ofmillion of dollars, or exactly 4 pcent. of assessed valuation of SouCarolina counties and townshipsinterest, in addition to stock of NIeberry and Laurens .and Greenviland Laurens roads, which would Isomething like $400,000. Frankilto Knoxville is some ninety miles ITeiAnessee river and Maryville linh3 This would possibly cost sonis,Ple $720,000, which, with Tennessee anNorth Carolina subscribing $500,00D would complete the line from Colun's- bia to Knoxville as follows:LSC Mileof Columbia to Franklin .......... 16Franklin to Knoxville .......... 9er(,r T otal ...................... 26n.es But it is claimed that this routcan be sh-ortened twenty miles ber taking a route across the SmokMountains, by, we believe, the Fr:zier river route. This would reducthe distance from Columbia to Knoiville, say to 240 miles, at a cost ofColumbia to Franklin. ... .$1,400,00Franklin to Knoxville .... 720,00Total ............... $2,120,0011 Leaving $220,000 to be made u:c- in individual subscriptions or kepis as a fixed charge on the system.Ad Now let us see what this new routLI- means in competition with the Geozre gia and Atlantic route. Find it:MileE'y CLattanooga to Charleston ...... 441,e Chattanooga to Knoxville.. 110Knoxville to Columbia. .240e ColImbia to Charleston. . . 1P7-48We see here a competing line evei- with Chattanooga. But it is 51.miles from Knoxville to Chiarlestoivia Atlanta, and by the Franklihroute it is but 392 miles, going roun<e the Tennessee bend and by M&connection. This shows a saving o1. 0126 miles, and comparing it with thiAsheville and Morristown route w<see a saving of 34 miles, and with th<shorter route from Franklin we seta saving of 141 miles on the Georgite 0d route, and 49 miles on the AshevilleBut with the road finished t(e Laurens, and operating with road,e converging to that point, we seeroad from Greenwood to Columbi.d 88 miles against 84.3 by the Greendnvilie railroad route. From Greenville to Columbia 102 *mles agains142.5 by Greenville railroad. FronSpartanburg to Columbia 101 againss 93 by present route.Take it all in all, the Columblanr Newberry and Laureus road come.e into the field fully prepared to tak(eed care of itself.Should the Cumberland Gap and0 Chicago route ever come into activ40 operation, the new road would tap i4at Pickens Court House, with th:shortest route from thence to Charles4ton, drawing through the heart of thiStat~e, and making at the same timi0a close connection with the Centraesystem at Laurens for Savannah aniat Columbia for Wilmington, with:asaving of some eighty miles on thiGeorgia route from Louisville t<Savannah, and of ninety-five mile,e from Louisville to Wilmington.eBut as a route reaching a coal centre this new road would put Columfbia 255 miles from coal, Newberr'S217, Laurens 187, Greenville 153against Columbia 394, via Augustao Greenville 298 by Atlanta, Lauren:t 324 by Greenville, and Ne wherry 35~iby Laurens-showing~ a saving oeColumbia of 139 miles in her coad transportation, Newberry 135. Laurens 135 and Greenville 135. W<'see, then, that the Columbia, Newd berry and Laurens means businesevery way, and only wants $20,000 t<put the ball in motion. We cannobelieve the people of Columbia, thiFork, Newberry and Laurens wildhesitate in putting their shoulder tdthe wheel without delay. And letibe understood that the subscriberbecome the stockholders and mnanag,their own affairs. At all events, leus begin the work without delayolumnw Registr,19th.e One of the excuses for killing thcensus rmendment to the approprittion bill in the Legislature is thatiwas a rider. We heard no such argulement used when an appropriatio:e. was made for the pay of an "assisteant professor of agriculture" in thnUniversity. This was in effect eratating at new office and providing fo-hip pay. Why did those men whi(1who were. so jealous of "riders" inteipose no objection? There is no atsswer that can be mnade.-AbevileC elium;.ni"There is a story told, I think, cle1 Drs. Chalmers and Stewart, wb,Sargued ou the street corner on somniknotty point of theology with Scea0tish pertinacity, until it was time fo.r- them to separate, when one of thera remarked, 'You will find my viewer very well put in a certain tract,' cth jwhich he gave the title; upon whiciBt jtohiS8urprise, his Antagonist replie(le Farming as it Is-Was-May Be.>e -n CAUSES OF THE PRESENT DEPRESSIONREMEDIES.ly. Editor Chronicle: We ask a canie did and unbiased bearing in thed statement of a few facts. To some,our views may, on casual survey, bei- displeasing, but bear with us. Thepicture, though dark in one aspect,s. has yet a bright side, rendered the5 more striking by contrast. It is0 with a sincere desire for the amelio- ration of the conditioin of our class5 'that we make this presentation of a,e few unaeniable facts as to the statusy of the average Georgia farmer of toy day. - We deem the present a mostt- favorable season to attempt somee change for the better. We would, inthe opening, put the question, "Ofwhat real weight or influence is the0 farmer of to-day, as a class?" You0 answer-we vote-"Yes," and in- common with every Arab on ourD streets. Apply the only true test,p that of finance. What is the farmert in the financial world? As a class,almost a blank. And yet agricule ture is the great industry of our section. Why is it thus? Don't answer that the tiller of the soil wasdoomed to bear the sweat and bur3 den of the day. The curse is universal. It seems, however, as if thefarmer of the south is trying to makeFa monopoly of it. There is a reason,however, briefly given in the fluctuations in the price of cotton. Hopingthat it would stand at a good figurewe devoted all our time and capitalto the staple. The vast west, withits virgin soil gradually opens, attended by a great increase in yieldwithout corresponding demand, pricesfall, our land the while ridden of itsfertility by the wasting system ofcotton culture, until at last we havean average yield of something like1-5 bale to acre, with 81 cents asquotations for middling grades.With these figures before us, it is auseless waste of time. to state ourcondition. Poor, wasted, reducedsoil; wretched, tottering cabin; slow,bony, antiquated mule; a few head ofcattle and swine, if any at all, thatcast no shadow from leanness; halffilled or entirely empty barns. Withsuch for inspiration no bard of oursouth-land can ever sing in the strainsof Scotland's son:"With joy unfeigned brothers and sisters meetAnd each for other's welfare kindlyThe social hours, swift winged, unnoticed fleet;Each teUs the uncos that he sees orhe' rs;The paients, partial, eye their hopefulyears;Anticipation forward points the view.The mother wi' her needle and hershears,Gars auld claes look amaist as well's thenew,The father mixes a' wi' admonition due."The rural hearth, proverbially theabode of peace and plenty and happiness is, alas, too often but the sceneof squalid misery and almost despairin our fruitful sunny land. The verycomparison with cold, bleak, barrenScotland should stir our blood andarouse us to a determination to turnto profit our rich heritage of sun andrain, soil and climate. Few countries are favored like ours did we butavail ourselves of our natural advanStages. We know our statements appear paradoxical, but hear us out.-Just here we would ask you bear inmind that we are discussing the condition of the farmer; we have not todeal with the financial state of oursection. We are not attempting ananswer to the question, " es farming pay?" If asked, 2might re1 turn an affirmative answer to thatSquestion, but would retort, "Whomdoes it pay?" Look at the wealth,3 yea affluence of every country townas compared with the poverty of ourt dilapidated country homesteads andthe answer is given. Why this greatdifference? Why is the producerpoor, the middle classes wealthy.To answer briefly, we exchange toomuch, attended as it always is byt friction and expense. We raise toomuch cotton. I have stated but one2evil when I mention expense incidentto exchange. Another that ranksShigh is the necessity for rotation. Itis contrary to the theory and practicer of all scientific or well directed agriculture to grow the same crop successively for years together on the same-soil. The perfect system would b)e achange every year. I don't discourseon the price of cotton. its over-production, &c.; that is too vast a quesftion; its culture extends over tooD wide an area. To say that we could8 get as much for five as for six mil-lions bales would be a waste ofr breath. We will be more than gratia fled if we can show how the cost ofs production can he materially loweredf in our own section. The answer is,~ in the adage "Live at home," and by~so doing meet the demands of common sense, nature and political economy. By so doing you lessen theexpenses, and so the cost of production. If we are tedious-bear with us.It is our sincere desire to offer ourmite to the betterment of our condi.tion. We are of the claMs. Everyblow given-if such any of our re.marks be deemed-fall equally onour head. Let us be led no longerby the deceptive sophism that somuch cotton means so much net cash.Your children, your land, nature,economy protest its fallacy. Following the present system we will sooner or later learn to judge our indebtedness rather than wealth by thenumber of bales we make. Do youthen advocate no cotton ? By nomeans. After making a bountifulsupply of provisions for your familyand stock bend every energy, strainevery nerve, to make every lock ofthe staple you can. Then will wehave a "Land of equal laws and happy men."We hear the whisper of many tothe effect that the story you tell isold, hoary with age.. We will attemptto make some specific suggestions torelieve the generality which alwaysfalls unheeded. We cannot he asspecific as we should like, owing tothe fact that circumstances governcases, the best mode of procedurevarying with every change of conditions. In general terms, we wouldsay that we should always look upoticotton as the most expensive crop onthe farm, requiring vastly more human labor than almost .f, noL anyother. We woult strongly advisethe large sowing of small grainwheat and oats-time of sowing tobe determined, in a great measure,by the seasons, of course. Safe tohave oats in before the middle of October; if not then, by January. Ifseasons favor put some in in August.Try and get at least ten acres sownto the mule before Christmas. Sow,say, four acres in wheat tothe familyin November. Manure both thesecrops as far as you can. Don't sellyour cotton seed, but put them onsmall grain. Economy points to manuring of grain in the South, ratherthan cotton, because iG is broadcastcheaper than drill manuring; further,the certainty is much greater of anincreased yield both in bushels ofgrain and in vegetable matter, whichour soil. above all else, needs. Iknow your oats have been killed. Sohave ours. Whose fault was it?Yours, generally. Rushing after cotton we neglect the sowing of grain atthe proper season, and it has barelytime to sprout and show itself aboveground before a killing freeze carriesit off. Especially is this true in landslong run in cotton and so divested ofevery vestige of vegetable matter.Did you ever note that grain is rarely killed after corn? So when you,by rotating, incorporate vegetablematter in your soil, you will rarely,if ever, have grain killed. '-To themthat bath shall be given, and theyshall have abundance, but from themthat hath not shall be taken, eventhat which they have.." In generalthen, we agree to sow 15 acres to amule in oats-4 in wheat may be considered too much-had better err onthis side. We have then made provision in the main for food for muleand flour for self. According to ourconditions we can supplement theprovision crops, with peas, sorghumor cane, chufas, ground-peas, potatoes, a few acres of upland and bottom corn. The peas, chmufaus, &c., arefor the hogs. Every family shouldraise at least 600 to 800 pounds ofmeat. This we can do at a nominalcost. We know cholera visits us occasionally, but not often, when proper attention is given. Sorghum ises:hausting, but is a large and certain yielder on almost any soil. Theseed are worth as much as corn onpoor land. Several neighbors couldhave a mill, which is cheap, together.The early amber cane ripens in August, before the cotton is ready forpicking. If you have natural advantages of pasturage keep some goodstock-cows and blooded maresboth will pay if properly treated.Sow half an acre in drill or broadcast,if the land is rich, to mule, in cornfor forage. Supplement this with allthe hay, fodder and peavines you cansave. Be sure to hQve an abundanceof long food if you wish your stockto thrive. Can p)lant peas after yourgrain is harvested, and in the fallyou will have a fine stand of oats onthe ground. Think what a cheapcrop this is.Oats will cost us about 15 centsper bushel, and yet we have given ashigh as 60 cents for oats and $1 forcorn; thankful to get it at all. Youmay object to oats, owing to the factthat they have to be harvested at thebusiest season of the year. It in%ierferes with the working of the cotton.Learn to say : cotton interferes withharvesting. When we learn that leson we will be a more prosperoipeople. With very little difficultwe can prepare our land for the realer. A club can buy one. Use yotbrood mares for this purpose. Lithe mares rest. except busiest ploNing seasons, spring and fall, anwhile harvesting. The colt will morthan pay for her food if you make iand von will have her when, withotextra help, you wouhl suffer. A ftfdue attention is paid to food crop!devote your time to cotton. You wifind that you can work from 20 to 3acres in cotton with prospect of fror6 to 8 per cent. or more, accordinggrade of land.With barns well filled. bountiftprovisions for man and beast aneight bales of cotton to your crediin bank, certainly this is not a picture of starvation, nor are the factoverdrawn. What I have said ap,plies especially to the small farmexThink or, it. It is no dream of :wild visionary, but the sober reflections of common sense.Let us resolve once for all to bino longerin the hands and power oanother. Let us assert ourselves aour class should and have a Heavenborn right to do. Let us be industrious, frugal, thoughtful, independent. If so we act, po3terity wilcall us blessed, as our class will theinot only be the sinew of the Nationbut a most important element in thiworld of financo. Then will we hava head in a Cabinet minister-we wilno longer ask but dictate terms.The Effect of ElecLing BadM en.There is, and for some tiLne pasithere has been, a wide-spread complaint of the prominence of dishonesty, both in politics and commerce.of glaring defalcation and malfeasance on the part of persons in positions of trust-of sinister legislation. where bribes, direct and indi.rect, are given. and received, influ.euce and votes bought and paid fozin money. That there are somegrounds for such complaints is generally admitted-and why is it so'Simply because a majority of th(people elect bad meii to office and a,long as they continue to do so thes(results will follow. The public conscience needs to be awakened-fullyand keenly awakened. Our safetyas a peopfle does not depend simplyon our intelligence and virtue in harmoniotus combination ; and so long asbad men put b)ad men in oilce-sclong may we expect bad results tcfollow.Then there are instances wheregood moral men-professedly Chris.tian men, manifest glaring inconsistency by pleading and praying for sgood government and good rulers.then turning around and voting fornotoriously bad men. A case inipoint: We once heard a Christiardenounce a candidate for office, asober, upright man, but denouncedbecause he was not prohibitionistand the same minister sustained thEopposing candidate who was a notorious drunkard. The secret was thEdrunkard was of the preacher's partythe opponent was not. p'ie ! upotsuch quibbling and trifling !-StLouis Advocate.Interesting Record.An interesting record is that o:severe droughts, as far back as th<landing of the Pilgrims. How man)thousand times are observations mad<like the following: "Such a cokcseason !" "Such a hot season?'"Such wet weather !" "Such higiwinds or calms," etc. Read the following list, showing the number odays without rain in the Summer oeach year given :In 1621, 24 days. In 1741, 72 daysIn 1630, 41 days. In 1749, 108 (laysIn 1657. 75 days. In 1755. 42 daysIn 1662, 80 days. In 1762, 123 daysIn 1674, 45 days. In 1763, 80 daysIn 1688, 81 days. In 1791, 82 daysIn 1694, 62 days, in 1812, 28 daysIn 1705, 40 (lays. In 1836, 24 daysIn 1713, 46 days. In 1871, 43 daysIn 1728, 61 days. In 1875, 23 daysIn 1730, 92 days, In 1876, 26 daysIt will be seen that the longesdrought that ever occurred in Americwas in the Summcr of 1762. No rai;fell from the 1st of May to thme 1st cSeptember. Many of the inhabitantsent to Englanid for hay and graitSome of the brethren of the prescan not get over that census matte:It seems that if the counties entitleto additional representatives woulelect men twice as able as those coning from the count~es with an ove:plus, the inequality would be somnwhat remedied. This is electioyear and it will not hurt to try th~plan Carot~taSparaits I Senator Butler.LS -Y A COMPLIMENTARY PEN S~KETCH OFONE)- OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S SENATORS.ir -t The New York World of Sundayprints a standing picture of Senatord Butler and says: Senator Butler ise certain to become very prominenut in' the debates of the next two or threet years. le is one of the ablest andr clearest-hcaded men on the Democratic side. le has never takenvery much part in the debates, butyet has spoken often enough to showthat he has unusual powers as a debater, whle he has that aggressivequality and steady courage which isso necessary to make a successfulleader. He is very quiet and gentlein his m.nners. He is one of thebest bred men in the Senate. He' wou:d never begin a quarrel, but- would be the last man in the worldto run away from- one. He has hada number of very sharp tilts withSenator Edmunds in the executivesessions cf the Senate. It is said ofhim that he has held his own verywell against the savage thrusts ofthe keen-witted Vermonter. The Senator is very nearly fifty years old.He was educated as a lawyer. Helost a leg in the war of the rebellion,where he rose to the rank of a MajorGeneral in the Confederate army.He was one of the earliest of theSouthern men to accept the resultsof th ar, and has always been aconse, ative. He was one of thefew 'hite Democrats in South Carolina who opposed the black code,which his State Legislature adoptedsoon after it was readmitted to theUnion. le has always been a peacemaker between the warlike factionsof his State. Through partisan misrepresentation for a time he wasemade to appear in the North as aleader of the whites at the Hamburgmassacre. Yet, it was clearly shownafterwards that he went there onlyafter the fighting began and in theinterests of peace. Through his personal efforts alone, a great many innocent lives were saved.The Senator is very courtly in hismanners and is one of the most accurately dressed men in the Senate.He is very fond of social life andwas a great favorite with PresidentArthur. The latter was always anxious to have the Senator among hisguests and was more ready to payhim attention than to almost anyother representative of the South.The Senator for a number of yearswas a very warm friend and supporterof Mr. Bavard. Now Senator Butlerdoes not go to the State Departmentand wou not unless officially requested ,. (10 SO. Secretary Bayardlost this good friend last summerthrough a nervous fit of irritation, inwhich he saw fit to lecture the SouthCarolina Senator like a schoolboyfor something he had not done.There was a remarkable coincidence of events in the lives of Jeff.Davis and Abe LincolQ until eachapproached the climacteric of hispublic career. They wcre both bornin Kentucky, Davis in 1808 and Lincoln in 1809. They were both r;moved from their native State inchildhood, Davis being carried to theSouthwest and Lincoln further on tothe Northwest, then so-called. Bothof them began their political careerat the same period, in 1844, Davisbeing then a Presidential elector forPolk, and Lincoln an elector forHenry Clay. Both served in the Indian wars of the West, and both wereelected to Congress about the sametime, 1845 and 1846. And lastly, inthe parallel, in the same year, andalmost on the same day, they wereboth called upon to p)reside overtheir respective governments, Davisas President of the ConfederateStates and Lincoln of the UnitedStates. -Lou isville Courier Journtal.Of course, journalists and printersare sup)posed to know the full valueof printer's ink, and to make themost out of it. The timie has come,-however, when people in general appreciate the importance and advantage of advertising. The man whois too modest to let the world knowsomething about his business andtthe inducements which he can offera to the public to trade with him is infallibly certain to have very few purchasers. Competition is one of thes great agencies which give life and.spice to the modern busy world. ItI works great good for buyers, and itI self gives rise to new industries and:- furnishes employment to many. But: when men begin to run races withy- each other, woe to the man who isitoo dignified or too lazy or too modtest to quicken his speed.-AikeniJournq4l and Rev,iew, 20th."Can the Reader Tell How it IDone?"The monopolizing companies an(combinations of this country, in thebhaste to be rich have gone on, andon, indulging their grasping propensities, oppressing the agriculturaland laboring interests until they arcnow about to overreach themselves.The high tariff for which they haveso persistently contended and whichby some means or other, they havesucceeded in having maintained, isnow working out its legitimate results abroad as well as at home.France and Germany have alreadyestablished retaliatory tariffs on ourexports of pork, lard, etc., andEngland talks seriously' of put.ting a tariff on our beef and breadstuffs generally. England believesin free trade, but does not believe itshould all be on one side, and thinksrelative measures perfectly justifiableand proposes to act on that principle.The constantly increasing'supplies ofmeats received from Australia, andof wheat from India, make Englandmore and more independent and ofcourse better prepared to adopt suchmeasures as proposed. Then she attached upper Burmah to her dominions. Tle resources are varied andabundant and it is well known thatone leading reason for desiring thatcountry was the abundance of itstimber and the apparently exhaustless supply of oil it could afford. Arailway is being constructed by whichthis oil may readily and quickly findits way to the coast and thence toany desired port. This oil will belanded on the Pacific coast of thiscountry and compete with the American productions there, and thence bymeans of the Canadian Pacific beable to supply all the Province ofCanada. Because of the monopoliesof the mines and the railroads,English coal can be, and if reportsbe true is now being delivered on thewharves of New York and Philadelphia, at a price less than that delivered from the Pennsylvania mines.Facts like that ought to open theeyes of the people.If retaliatory measures should beadopted by England, in regard to exports of beef and bread'stuffs, ic willwork a great hardship pa-thr-wheatgrowers and cattle raisers of the West,a class of people, who, whatever happens, find no tariff for their protection. yet many of the,h in their partisan zeal will persist in electing mento Congress who are pledged to sustain the very tariff that oppressesthem. "They lick the hand thatstrikes the blow." A free peoplewho thus indirectly support the oppression which they suffer, deserveno better fate, nor do they deservepity. The power is in their ownhands, let them use it, and free themselves-else cease their complainings.One or the other they should do,' forthe sake of consistency, if for nothing else. In the language of Mr.Story in his Ode of Salem, let them:"Cleanse the Augean stable of politics,Of its foul muck of crafts, and wIles andtricks.Break the base rings, where commerce,reeks and rots,Purge speculation of its canker spots,"and all will be well. How is it thatCongressmen can lire expensively,in costly houses with costly furniture,and costly living every way, on $5,000 a year, and yet accumulate largefortunes ? Or State Legislators accumulate considerable sums aboveexpenses on a per diem of four or fivedollars, and that only when the Legislatures are in session? Or Citycouncil-men, with no other business,support their families in style on asalary of $300 a year? Can thAreader tell how it is done? If notlet him guess, while we pass on.-St.Louis Advocate.Above the Law.Like ancient Gaul, the S. C. University is divided into three parts,the Citadel, Clafiin and Columbia.Section 1041 of the General Statutes provides that the number of professors in the University (plainlymeaning all three of its branches)shall ntot exceed ten. This law hasbeen contemptuously degraded anddefiantly violated. The law is notworth the paper that is wasted inprinting it. The trustees seem to beabove the law. If they can violateits provisions with such temerity, iit just to punish small offenders? An~"assist:mrt professor of agriculture'at Columbia is to receive $1,700 peiannum. There are not a dozen students in agriculture at tlat collegeThe idea of having two professors tcteach the dozen is preposterous. Thelegislature, however, is in some degree- responsible for this waste o:money.-Ab)beville Medium.Runragt*Philadelphia, tod&k.that anybody can rnand started one. -change, and nothimself in newpaperduced some ot hissame. Of coarse that-"was bound to sncceed.connected -with it *a ewabout journalism; b tthat? Anybody can bez_.and a manager of a,pewhe has to do is to board freeeat free lunches ad,ibitheatre on free passidsthe railroad cars, go-toSaturday and draw hiethat the cashier. payse".He dreams about. M4night and Auds them inunder his pillow.ready for-the printer.,-_,and assistant editors ..amhimself.: They ave#oasything. A. newyserdaisy thing for tboseW&been initiated inoiaThis is the-ture,.but there is a.The legitimate editorthat nineteen hours ..tfour are required for rfrei passes,, it is,traeoften he can find time,and they are geuerauy.a74 --ble." Invitations to-sepner often come wbenepetite, or when the -printing-departmentinta large supply of - -When he contmenes -torial on which-he -himself, some one isUon important business -r'talking until the'1e4.as he intended, harpaper must be Rpid -matter, and be m thow.'He must furnisi ricetorial each day, endredownsubject or not. -- nedifference to thehe gets it or 1;data from; they.inwith legitimaterials or they WilHe must know whathe paper aswellThis knowledgefilling of theof rejected mnpeople who know bwpaper.The PhilaIepi --ducted entirely' gj ----know how to ran.sncluding the May&ought to have known'anybody else, liveddays or nearly three -"It tasted of life'sRefused to drink-theTurned its little hesaDisgusted with thets(It cost those "wforun a newspaper" -services. What the Ook i%other expense willhave not learned asy --~sympathize with y&.his friends in the -The loss we know the~but the grave will atidead and the TrbnApeaee. It takes a bdylearn a trade, but --editor and run a ne_and in the ground.cord.Will Up-Countrybe Required to Sit iiGallery?The question of theCharleston's doublersee' to be creating athroug'out the State. As -have obseved we think the lsosition of Charleston to efurther representea?!;in bene"wealth and inteigne'~meet with any consider -favor among the poor wt.the up -country, who haveand but little intelligeic~d ies seem to be a gresaty "poor white trash of theshould have as much -those elegant preople otry who are so cultivat-dIt is time that the -were beginning to r~Those city folk magg -and intelligent" that hTeven want their ~sit on the same floor eAssembly with --horns. ,We are nowof those aesthetic -oc'low country to proposeof a gallery for, tbheof up-country poor bcp.cratic members need notated by the touch of the --country delegate'.